USN-2524-1

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    USN-2524-1

    Published: 11 Mar 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: ecryptfs-utils vulnerability

    Details: Sylvain Pelissier discovered that eCryptfs did not generate a random salt when encrypting the mount passphrase with the login password. An attacker could use this issue to discover the login password used to protect the mount passphrase and gain unintended access to the encrypted files.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2524-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9687

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ecryptfs-utils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3

    Affected versions

    103-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High